Obituary - Ronald E Doyra

Ronald E. Doyra, born April 28, 1949, died Aug. 23, 2015. He was the son of Blossom (Cosgrove) Doyra and DDS Eli William Doyra.

He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and raised in Great Falls, Montana.

He graduated from Great Fall High School and from Northern Montana College in 1974.

While at Northern, he met and married Brenda Freeman. They married Feb 1, 1970. They had three daughters together. Deanna, Tammy, and Gerri. He worked several different jobs - Great Northern Railroad, teacher, farmer, Big Bud tractors, meat cutter and weedsprayer.  

Brenda and Ron divorced in 1987. He then met Brenda Brough and married her in 2005.

Ron loved to fish and hunt. His hunting travels took him to the Arctic Circle, Alaska, Russia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Arizona, Louisiana and Texas - and of course Montana. He enjoyed being outdoors, hunting with his wife, sons-in-law and later grandchildren. He loved to reload his own bullets and was a walking encyclopedia on shooting history. He learned the taxidermy trade and this proved to be advantageous. All of his grandchildren were taught to hunt and shoot (in some part) by Grandpa Ron.

He was very handy and could fix almost anything. He was a true jack-of-all-trades. He loved telling jokes and could remember some from the second grade. He really enjoyed the lies and tall tales that he swapped with Calvin. Each had to see if they could out-do the other.

He enjoyed going to Arizona and taking in all of the activities during the winter, spending time first, with his mother-in-law and later with Calvin. It was in Arizona that he tried skydiving - although his landing was not picture perfect as he had envisioned it. The guys went to the Barrette Jackson car show, and it was a true highlight for both of them after having watched it on TV for years.

If you were out scouting deer, elk or even fishing, it was always "just around the next corner."

Ron will be missed by many.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Eli and Blossom. He is survived by his wife, Brenda; daughters Deanna (Jimmy), Tammy (Walt), and Gerri (Greg); sons-in-law, Greg, Bob and Jim; and his grandchildren, Shaela and Blaze Waltee, Victor and Alex Pepe, Zeb and Racie Pearson, Zoe Stack, and Landen and KyLee Lamphier.

There will be no funeral for Ron, but a celebration of life will be held at his favorite campground, Black Sandy in Helena, Saturday, Aug. 29, at noon.